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Introduction

http://www.avm.de/de/index.php3?Produkte/FRITZBox/FRITZ_WLAN_USB_Stick for details as well as

~$ man interfaces

Device Info

Dapper 6.06 (Kernel 2.6.15-19-386)

Did it configure during install?

Did it work by just configuring network settings after install (out of box)?

What driver did you use and ease of set up?

Please make sure you have the appropriate Kernel-Headers and GCC in place.

Download the tarball to the current directory and unpack

~$ wget ftp://ftp.avm.de/cardware/fritzwlanusb.stick/linux/suse.10.0/\
> fwlanusb-suse10.0-0.09.00-beta.tar.gz
~$ tar -xvf fwlanusb-suse10.0-0.09.00-beta.tar.gz

For Kernels > 6.13 ( Dapper NOT Breezy) edit fritz/src/buffers.c ( do you need a backup copy ? )

gedit fritz/src/buffers.c

comment out line 203 ( // pool->ubf[ix].urb->transfer_flags |= URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;) as the symbol is no longer available and save.

Go into the source directory and compile

~$ cd fritz/src
~$ sudo make

Copy the new driver to its proper place

~$ sudo mkdir -p /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/usb/net/fritz
~$ sudo cp fwlanusb.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/usb/net/fritz

Register and load the new driver

~$ sudo depmod -a
~$ sudo modprobe fwlanusb

Configure WLAN0 either via Network Settings or by editing "/etc/network/interfaces" ( do you need a backup copy ?? )

~$ gksudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces

and add the following for WEP with DHCP

iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid myapname
wireless-key s:myplaintextpassword
auto wlan0

Save the file, insert the WLAN USB Stick and issue

~$ sudo ifup wlan0

The Network connection will be made. If not, issue

~$ sudo dhclient wlan0

Repeat a few times with pauses if necessary.

Ignore the message "5 bad IP checksums seen in 5 packets" if its spurious.

Comments, tips, or other set up help...

To install basic compile support

~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential gcc-3.4

For information on Kernel setup see

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelHowto?highlight=%28kernelhowto%29


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